Latest NewsPost-Cheonan Northeast Asia Poses Policy Challenges for U.S.HONOLULU (Sept. 6, 2010) – With a rising China, a destabilizing North Korea and a politically shifting Japan, Northeast Asia poses some big challenges for U.S. policymakers, two former National Security Council officials said recently at an informal briefing at the East-West Center. But some of the Obama administration’s biggest policy hurdles related to the region may actually lie at home, they said, such as securing congressional approval on critical trade agreements. ...more... |
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EWC Spotlight on Education: EWC Welcomes 167 New Students from 33 CountriesWith the start of the Fall semester, comes a new cohort of East-West Center student fellows. This year the Center welcomed 167 new fellows and affiliates from 33 countries in traditional Hawaiian style with a lei greeting, a hula dance, and a Hawaiian chant during the new student orientation. FEATURED PUBLICATIONSby Pamela S. Chasek Separate but Loyal: Ethnicity and Nationalism in China by Wenfang Tang and Gaochao He Building Trust in Government: Innovations in Governance Reform in Asia by G. Shabbir Cheema and Vesselin Popovski (eds.) More publications... FEATURED SITESMediaLine Asia Matters for America EWCA Blog |








